How EVA Real Estate cut cloud costs by 81%
From AWS to sovereign European infrastructure — $1,300 to $250 per month with 4 months ROI
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I recently worked with Timo and the WZ-IT team, and honestly, it turned out to be one of the best tech decisions I have made for my business. Right from the start, Timo took the time to walk me through every step in a simple and calm way. No matter how many questions I had, he never rushed me. The results speak for themselves. With WZ-IT, we reduced our monthly expenses from $1,300 down to $250. This was a huge win for us.
The Challenge
EVA Real Estate
EVA Real Estate, one of Dubai's top 3 real estate agencies, was running their entire CRM and ERP infrastructure on AWS. While the service was reliable, the monthly costs were becoming unsustainable as the business grew.
Key pain points included unpredictable costs with hidden charges, data stored outside of Europe creating GDPR concerns, vendor lock-in making it difficult to migrate, and a complex pricing model that was difficult to optimize.
The Results
Through our comprehensive migration strategy, we moved EVA's infrastructure to dedicated Hetzner servers in Germany, achieving an 81% cost reduction while improving performance and gaining full data sovereignty.
The annual savings of $12,600 paid for the migration costs within 4 months.
From $1,300 to $250 per month
Before: AWS Infrastructure
Monthly Costs
$1,300/month
Complexity
Unpredictable charges, hidden costs
Data Location
Outside Europe (GDPR concerns)
Control
Vendor lock-in, limited flexibility
After: Hetzner Dedicated
Monthly Costs
$250/month (81% savings)
Simplicity
Predictable, transparent pricing
Data Location
100% in Germany, GDPR-compliant
Control
Full sovereignty, no lock-in
How We Approached the Migration
Kick-off
Understanding goals & requirements
Analysis
Assessing architecture & dependencies
Report
Calculating savings & feasibility
Proposal
Timeline & transparent quote
Migration
Deploy, test & optimize
Full Lift & Shift Migration
EVA Real Estate's legacy systems were migrated 1:1 to European infrastructure without code changes
Double the Resources at the Same Price
After the migration, EVA Real Estate had approximately double the computing resources available. This enabled them to run additional VMs with new services without increasing monthly costs.
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Aleksandr Shuliko
CTO, EVA Real Estate, UAE
"I recently worked with Timo and the WZ-IT team, and honestly, it turned out to be one of the best tech decisions I have made for my business. Right from the start, Timo took the time to walk me through every step in a simple and calm way. No matter how many questions I had, he never rushed me. The results speak for themselves. With WZ-IT, we reduced our monthly expenses from $1,300 down to $250. This was a huge win for us."
Sonja Aßer
Data Manager, ARGE, Germany
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